New Music Ensemble

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About the Artists

HilA Plitmann

Two-time Grammy Award-winning soprano, songwriter, and actress Hila Plitmann is known for opera, concert, film, and theater performances filled with emotionally-charged fearlessness, unique expressivity, and mesmerizing drama. She rose to prominence after premiering a work by Del Tredici with the New York Philharmonic just one year after graduating from Juilliard — on only two weeks’ notice — and has since become a frequent soloist on major stages across the world. Widely-recognized as one of today’s foremost interpreters of contemporary music, she regularly performs new works by a diverse array of composers, as well as traditional repertoire, and boundary-pushing projects in non-classical genres. With jazz guitarist Shea Welsh and tabla virtuoso Aditya Kalyanpur, she co-founded global music project Renaissance Heart. Her tour-de-force role in Eric Whitacre’s groundbreaking electro-musical Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wingsat Pasadena’s Boston Court Theatre, involving singing, acting, dancing, and martial arts, won her a nomination as “Best Actress in a Musical” from the Los Angeles Ovation Awards and L.A. Ticketholder Awards. She leads innovative residencies and workshops at campuses across the U.S., bringing diverse pedagogical methods combining technical focus, tools and approaches for connecting, and a sense of inner confidence, mindfulness, centering, and presence.

Marc Sosnowchik

Dr. Marc Sosnowchik is a conductor, educator, arranger, and clinician based in Austin, Texas. His current duties as assistant director of bands at the University of Texas include conducting the New Music Ensemble and Longhorn concert bands, instructing courses in conducting and wind literature, and teaching the Longhorn Bands. Before his appointment at UT Austin, Sosnowchik served as associate director of bands at the University of South Florida, assistant director of bands at Oklahoma State University, and associate conductor of the Florida Wind Band. Sosnowchik maintains an active schedule as a clinician, conductor, and arranger. He conducts ensembles throughout the U.S., and in the summer teaches at the World Youth and Adult Wind Orchestra Projects as part of the Mid-Europe Festival in Schladming, Austria.  Sosnowchik earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Alabama, and both his master’s and doctor's degrees in conducting from The University of Texas at Austin.

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New Music Ensemble

Violin
Brandon Garza
Eric Wang

Viola
Reese Chen

Cello
Selina Xu

Double Bass
Zakrey Hernandez

Flute
Deepti Vadhiyar

Oboe
Rachel Marquez

Clarinet
Chase Cano

Bassoon
Daniel Alvarez

Horn
Margaret Euscher

Trumpet
Will Paladino

Trombone
Koby Elias

Percussion
Marcus Alvarado
Colton Townsend

Keyboards
Michael Lenahan
Maria Parrini

Harp
Tate Ahmann

Ensemble Assistant
Sophie Mathieu

Creative Director 
for songs performed by Evah Destruction
Luther Toston

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Upcoming Events

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Friday, November 6, 7:30 p.m.
Bates Recital Hall
 

WIND ENSEMBLE
Sunday, November 8, 4:00 p.m.
Bates Recital Hall
 

NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Free Admission
Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.
Bates Recital Hall
 

NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Free Admission
Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
Bates Recital Hall
 

NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Free Admission
Wednesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
Bates Recital Hall
 

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